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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

The funny thing is that all of those guys were rotating in a 70's Disco Band called Boogie Knights, which became so big that there were spinoff bands like Bootie Quake and a few others.

Then, Ralph started Atomic Punks, the Van Halen tribute band. He called me before Bart Walsh but that just wasn't my trip. Russ (Satchel) did it for a while, then Bryan Young (who ended up touring with David Lee Roth).

The whole thing started when Ralph, Russ, Joe (the original bassist) and the rotating drummer (my favorite was always Ray Luzier, who's been in Korn for a decade or more) hosted Sunday Night Jams at the Viper Room then later, The Roxy. Everyone used to sit in, from Joe Perry & Steven Tyler to Billy Duffy & Ian Astbury to even Steve Jones & John Taylor! The list goes on and on.

Then, one day, Russ called me and said "Dude! We just got hired for a Discovery Card commercial! Danger Kitty!!!!". From there, it really took off and a few years later, they changed their name. But Joe and Ralph were still doing Atomic Punks and even Disco gigs so they didn't get super serious about it until much later.

That's awesome, haha.

I'm sure you've been aware of this for years, but I just learned not terribly long ago that Russ was Rob Halford's guitarist when he went solo with Fight.